While authorities are offering few details on the case of a dead newborn found in a Williams Township dumpster, aspects of the life of the young mother charged in the baby’s death are emerging.

Tuesday, Bay County District Judge Scott J. Newcombe arraigned Nicole L. Kipfmiller, 19, of Williams Township, on counts of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter of the boy. She is being held in the Bay County Jail without bond.

On Dec. 11, Bay County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a tip and discovered the dead baby in a trash container outside Mieske’s Country Market, 2509 W. Midland Road near Flajole, said Bay County Sheriff John E. Miller.

Bay County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Nancy Borushko said an outstanding warrant was issued for Kipfmiller on Monday morning. She was arrested around 10 p.m. that night.

Borushko added further details are being withheld until the defendant’s preliminary examination, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on March 18. Bay County District Judge Timothy J. Kelly will preside.

Kipfmiller attended Bay City Western High School, where she was a pole vaulter, until November 2008, when she transferred to Wenona High School, said Steve Sevener, assistant principal at Western. He could not disclose why she left or any personal information regarding her records.

“It is very unfortunate for her, if this is truly what happened,” Sevener said. “We hope she can get things resolved in her best ability.”

Kipfmiller graduated from Wenona in June 2009. Principal Jerry Lombardo described Wenona as a credit recovery school for students needing to graduate. Due to confidentiality policies, he was unable to comment on what manner of student Kipfmiller was.

Saginaw attorney James A. Brisbois Jr. is representing Kipfmiller.

“Basically, she thought she could deliver the child at home and obviously she got in over her head,” Brisbois said. Kipfmiller was living with her mother at the time of the delivery, Brisbois said.

He described his client as very remorseful.

“She was a good kid,” he said of her background. “There are no skeletons in her closet. She was, and is, an average, easy-going kid.”

Who fathered the child has yet to be disclosed.

“We can’t talk about who the father is,” Brisbois said. “It’s not like we don’t know — she didn’t run around with a bunch of guys or anything like that.”

The duration of the pregnancy, as well as how long the child was alive after delivery, are unknown. Brisbois said the child was alive for a very short time, if at all, adding that he is waiting on details such as that from autopsy reports.

There are currently no plea negotiations, Brisbois said. “We’re quite a ways from that.”

On Dec. 15, Jeffery Kipfmiller, 51, pleaded guilty to charges of domestic violence and obstructing or assaulting a police officer. On Nov. 27, he allegedly assaulted Nicole Kipfmiller when she visited him at his Bangor Township house, court records show.

Earlier in November, Kipfmiller pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. Court records show he is a habitual offender.